Why Thinking Is The Devil
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text]The biggest problem with writing is not the writing part. It’s the thinking part. Most writers I talk to (and also from my own personal experience), nothing keeps us as much from writing as thinking. Now, let me get that clear, I’m not talking about that you...
When to write “CUT TO”
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text]Ahhh, screenplay formatting. The number one topic of obsession of new screenwriters. And who can blame them. I don’t know if it’s still that way but when I started out writing I thought that formatting was actually one of the most important things that made the difference...
How To Know If Your Book Will Be Successful
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text]A caveat upfront. This might now work in 100% of the cases, but it will work in some way in many more cases than you thought. So, here it goes. This is nothing that I invented, by the way, it’s actually a pretty common way in marketing...
How Is Your Book Going?
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text]Ahhhh, the dreaded question. Asked by people around you who have no idea about writing, so they don’t know that that’s the question they shouldn’t ask. I had a discussion with my writers group a while ago. It was about why people become writers. And although...
How To Know If Your Book Will Be Successful
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text]A caveat upfront. This might now work in 100% of the cases, but it will work in some way in many more cases than you thought. So, here it goes. This is nothing that I invented, by the way, it’s actually a pretty common way in marketing...
The Myth About The Screenplay Industry Standard File Format
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text]The term “industry standard” is widely used for marketing things toward people who want to break into the industry. But it can be misleading. If you’re not part of the industry, how would you know what is “industry standard” and what not. And also, who defines “industry...
Different Stage of Learning
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text]Different people have defined different learning paths over the years and a couple of them have become quite famous, although for some of them I can’t tell you exactly who they’re from: One of them goes like: 1. Learn the rules 2. Break the rules 3. Make the...
Good Tools, Half The Work
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text]When I was little I enjoyed watching (and „helping“ to a certain degree) my father repair his old cars. He would buy them used and then, over the summer, fix them up and drive them. For me as a little boy it was enjoyable spending...
Becoming A Pro In A Month
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text]Learning everything (or almost everything) about a new writing software often seems daunting. It takes a lot of time, and there are functions that are a bit complicated, and most important of all, you don’t want to deal with the software, you want to write...
Good Tools, Half The Work
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text]When I was little I enjoyed watching (and „helping“ to a certain degree) my father repair his old cars. He would buy them used and then, over the summer, fix them up and drive them. For me as a little boy it was enjoyable spending...